Matt DiBenedetto out for Texas race after Xfinity Series crash
Matt DiBenedetto will miss Sunday’s race at Texas after a crash in the Xfinity Series race Saturday.
DiBenedetto is currently in NASCAR’s concussion protocol and is not cleared to race. He hit the wall because a tire went down on his No. 14 TriStar Motorsports car.
He tweeted Saturday night that he was feeling fine and the team said he would be replaced by Jeffrey Earnhardt in the No. 83 car on Sunday.
I'm feeling totally fine…just having to follow the concussion protocol. Hate I can't drive tomorrow but I'm looking forward to Phoenix.
— Matthew DiBenedetto (@mattdracing) November 6, 2016
NEWS: @JEarnhardt1 will drive the No.83 Toyota in place of @mattdracing tomorrow @TXMotorSpeedway. #ZAKBacksTheBlue #NASCAR
— BK Racing (@BKRacing_2383) November 6, 2016
DiBenedetto is currently 35th in Sprint Cup Series points standings. His best finish of the season came at Bristol in the spring when he finished sixth. Earnhardt will have to start at the rear of the field Sunday because he didn’t qualify the car.
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